A group of Australian doctors opposed to the introduction of euthanasia and assisted suicide has written to all South Australian House of Assembly MPs condemning Hon. Bob Such’s ‘Ending Life with Dignity Bill’ 2013…

Legislation to allow voluntary euthanasia in New South Wales has been defeated in the state upper house. The Rights of the Terminally Ill bill, which was introduced by Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann, would have let terminally ill people who still retain their decision making capacity request assistance to die…

Some leading doctors and ethicists are calling for uniform national laws to guarantee a dying person’s wishes, as expressed in a living will, are respected by doctors and hospitals. They say new medical technology is sometimes prolonging life unnecessarily…